Alarak, the Highlord of the Tal'darim, is a Melee Assassinhero from the StarCraft universe.[1] Not all heroes are born of altruism... some, like Alarak, simply desire vengeance. As the new Highlord of the Tal'darim, Alarak leads his people to a destiny free of the corrupt influence of the fallen xel'naga, Amon.

Alarak is a combo assassin who can move enemies around and punish mistakes.

Alarak was born into the brutal and warlike society of the Tal'dairm, a sect of the protoss race. Brutal and canny, Alarak began to rise dramatically through his society's Chain of Ascension through trickery and guile, killing hundreds of Tal'darim by silently manipulating their ritual combat of Rak'Shir. This rocketed him up to Fourth Ascendant, the fifth highest rank in his society. However, First Ascendant Nuroka revealed to Alarak that he had discovered their god, the fallen xel'nagaAmon, had betrayed them and sought their demise, and that Alarak needed to aid him in removing their Highlord Ma'lash from power. Instead Alarak betrayed Nuroka during the battle, rising to First Ascendant, but he never forgotten that Amon had betrayed them. He just needed allies...

During the End War, Alarak was tasked to command the Tal'darim's Death Fleet in their extermination of all who opposed Amon, but found that the Daelaam under Artanis outfoxed him. Seeing Artanis as a useful tool, Alarak confronted the Daelaam during a battle and aided the them in rescuing Artanis from a trap set by Amon. Alarak then made Artanis a deal: if he helped Alarak usurp Ma'lash and become Highlord, Alarak would keep the Tal'darim out of the war against Amon. Artanis agreed, and aided Alarak in defeating Ma'lash in Rak'Shir combat, allowing him to claim the Tal'darim as his own. Alarak was now Highlord.

Uncharacteristically, Alarak modified their deal and agreed to ally with Artanis to defeat Amon. The combined protoss force drove Amon from their homeworld of Aiur, and later dogged him into the Void, where alongside the forces of Sarah Kerrigan and Jim Raynor, they were able to kill the fallen xel'naga once and for all. In the aftermath, Alarak refused Artanis's offer to join the new protoss government on Aiur, but did allow any member of the Tal'darim one chance to stay. He then set out to find a new homeworld for the Tal'darim.

Years later, an outpost of Alarak's came under attack by the terran group the Defenders of Man, hoping to institute Tal'darim retaliation against the Dominion to weaken the rule of Emperor Valerian Mengsk. After a Tal'darim retaliatory strike was repelled by Agent Nova Terra in order to save civilians, Alarak confronted Nova, making an offer to help her recover her memories erased by the Defenders using a gas named terrazine if she lead him to the Defenders leadership. The bargain was struck, and Alarak lead her to the gas, allowing her to uncover the leadership of the group. But as Nova had the leader, General Carolina Davis, in custody, Alarak unleashed the Death Fleet on her world of Vardona, killing Defender of Man, Dominion soldier and civilian alike. Nova rallied the terran forces of the planet and defeated Alarak's Tal'darim. Alarak saw this as a betrayal of their bargain, and warned Nova that she had made a terrible enemy before departing Dominion space.

The center bonus stacks additively with Sadism and other damage modifiers.

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Deadly Charge

60 ManaCooldown: 45 seconds

After channeling, Alarak charges forward dealing 200 damage to all enemies in his path. Distance is increased based on the amount of time channeled, up to 1.5 seconds.Issuing a Move order while this is channeling will cancel it at no cost. Taking damage will interrupt the channeling.

Increase the healing received from damaging Heroes with Lightning Surge by 40%.

Type: Bonus healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Extended Lightning

Reduce Sadism by 10%.❢ Quest: Hit Heroes with the center of Lightning Surge.❢ Reward: After hitting 5 Heroes, increase Lightning Surge's range by 20%.❢ Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes, Lightning Surge's center also Slows enemies by 40% for 2 seconds❢ Reward: After hitting 3 Heroes with a single cast, increase Sadism by 10% and instantly gain all other Rewards.

Type: Crowd control

Affects: Enemies

Bonus range: 2

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Chaos Reigns

❢ Quest: Hit Heroes with Discord Strike.❢ Reward: After hitting 15 Heroes, increase Discord Strike's damage by 60.❢ Reward: After hitting 2 Heroes with a single Discord Strike, increase its damage by 60.❢ Reward: After hitting 3 Heroes with a single Discord Strike, increase its damage by 100 and instantly gain all other Rewards.

Type: Bonus damage

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

Negatively Charged

Increase the Lightning Surge damage bonus to enemies between Alarak and his victim to 150%.❢ Repeatable Quest: Each Hero hit by the center of Lightning Surge permanently increases the damage bonus by 4%

Reduce Sadism by 10%, but Telekinesis pushes 20% further and has 20% increased range.

Bonus range: 1.6

Knockback duration: 0.3125 seconds

Knockback speed: 22

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Deadly Charge

Cooldown: 45 secondsAfter channeling, Alarak charges forward dealing 200 damage to all enemies in his path. Distance is increased based on the amount of time channeled, up to 1.5 seconds. Issuing a Move order while this is channeling will cancel it at no cost. Taking damage will interrupt the channeling.

Counter-Strike

Cooldown: 30 secondsAlarak targets an area and channels for 1 second, becoming Protected and Unstoppable. After, if he took damage from an enemy Hero, he sends a shockwave that deals 275 damage.

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Blade of the Highlord

Basic Attacks against Heroes increase Sadism by 2% up to 40%.Sadism gained from Blade of the Highlord is lost on death.

Type: Attack modifier (Heroes)

Pure Malice

Increase Sadism by 10% any time an allied Hero dies, up to 40%.Sadism gained from Pure Malice is lost on death.

Rite of Rak'Shir

Cooldown: 300 secondsActivate to mark an enemy Hero for 300 seconds.Hitting the marked Hero with Discord Strike increases Sadism by 3%. Killing the marked Hero increases Sadism by 5% and lowers the cooldown of Rite of Rak'Shir to 10 seconds.Sadism gained from Rite of Rak'Shir is lost on death.

Hitting an enemy Hero with the center of Lightning Surge allows it to be cast again for free on a different primary target within the next 2 seconds. This free cast cannot benefit from Lightning Barrage.

Second cast benefits from all other talents affecting Lightning Surge.

Cooldown: 30 secondsAlarak targets an area and channels for 1 second, becoming Protected and Unstoppable. After, if he took damage from an enemy Hero, he sends a shockwave that deals 275 damage.This ability will take over Alarak's Trait button.

Deadly Charge

Cooldown: 45 secondsAfter channeling, Alarak charges forward dealing 200 damage to all enemies in his path. Distance is increased based on the amount of time channeled, up to 1.5 seconds.Issuing a Move order while this is channeling will cancel it at no cost. Taking damage will interrupt the channeling. This ability will take over Alarak's Trait button.

Last Laugh

Cooldown: 30 secondsActive: Activate teleport to the chosen location and remove all Roots, Slows, and damage over time effects. If Alarak fails to hit enemy Heroes 3 times with Basic Abilities within 4 seconds of using Last Laugh, his Health is reduced to 1.

Backstory:Not all heroes are born of altruism... some, like Alarak, simply desire vengeance. As the new Highlord of the Tal'darim, Alarak leads his people to a destiny free of the corrupt influence of the fallen xel'naga, Amon.

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120 / 75Regal

Dark Nexus

Backstory:In the forgotten darkness beyond reality, a new avatar of primordial power has been forged. The dark mirror of Alarak's malice and sadism seethes with contempt towards all of existence... including its own.

Because of the bulkiness of his armor, Alarak is limited to mounts he can stand on (such as Blackheart's Doubloon, Champion's Nexagon, Championship Banner, Hearthstone Card, Magic Carpet, Star Chariot, and Void Speeder).

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